| Neurosurgery | | | | Brain tumors are diagnosed using sophisticated |
| Brain Tumors | | | | computer technology that images the brain in various |
| A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of cells within | | | | ways. Computerized tomography (CT) uses a |
| the brain, which can be cancerous or non-cancerous | | | | computer and X-rays to make a picture of the brain. |
| (benign). | | | | Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or spectroscopy |
| It is defined as any intracranial tumor created by | | | | (MRS) create a brain image using magnetic fields and |
| abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either | | | | radiowaves. Other imaging techniques that may be |
| in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, | | | | used to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of a |
| oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), lymphatic [ifd, | | | | tumor include digital subtraction angiography (DSA), |
| blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing | | | | magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), positron |
| Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), | | | | emission tomography (PET), and single photon |
| skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or spread from | | | | electron computerized tomography (SPECT). |
| cancers primarily located in other organs (metastatic | | | | List of Brain Tumor Surgeries Offered In India |
| tumors). | | | | * Tumor Surgery * Pineal Region Tumors * Gliomas * |
| Any mass or growth of abnormal cells occurring in | | | | Meningiomas * Schwannomas * Metastatic Tumors * |
| the brain tissue, skull, supportive tissue around the | | | | Chemotherapy * Radiotherapy |
| brain, cranial nerves, or the pituitary or pineal gland | | | | Please log on to:Brain Tumors |
| can be a brain tumor. Primary tumors are those that | | | | Please log on to :Neurosurgery |
| develop in the brain; secondary brain tumors originate | | | | We Care Core Values |
| somewhere else in the body and spread to the brain. | | | | "We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| How is brain tumors diagnosed ? | | | | you as the centre. |